Actually, PL warned a friend of mine who regularly posts on VA that ME leaves tangled fibriles on the stylus and cantilever. PL observed this on a cartridge my friend sent to him for evaluation. I use it nevertheless because I don't see the problem when I examine my cartridges under a microscope.
If you're old enough to have seen the Woody Allen movie "Sleeper", these shattering tidbits are reminiscent of the first scene of the movie, when Woody wakes up in a hospital (I think) after 200 years of suspended animation, to find that steak and eggs are health foods. Actually, since that movie was filmed, eggs have been rehabilitated.